authority; power; influence
retention; maintenance; preservation
business office; place of business
to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
establishment; founding; organization; organisation
in unison; as one; united
needle (compass, gauge, etc.); hand (clock); indicator; guiding principle; guideline; guide
open seam; seam that has come apart; tear
to steer a ship; to manage; to take command; to take the helm
centre; center; pivot; central nervous system
to give up as hopeless; to wash one's hands (of someone or something)
brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
large company; large enterprise; large corporation
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
duration; continuance; survival; persistence; retention
to exchange; to swap; to barter; to replace; to substitute
to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
heresy; heretical teachings; black magic
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
to believe implicitly; to believe firmly
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
end; tip; extremities; terminal
company employee; member of a corporation; company stockholder (esp. in legal contexts)
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
nature; property; disposition
knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning
division of labour; division of labor; splitting into groups (e.g. to search)
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
to hear; to be told; to know; to receive (order); to undertake; to comply
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
a few years ago; some years back
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
rank (of troops); file; column; formation